anniesgolden
Suspension of disbelief took a beating in the first action set- piece. Val Kilmer, in a bad wig and mustache and sporting a cringe- worthy accent, is confronted by the Bad Guys on top of a building. He steps off the building and falls on the airbag conveniently put in just the right place. As he's falling, he rips off his mustache. In what feels like slow motion. Really.Apparently this is supposed to tell us that this guy is a Master of Disguise. Of the "glasses are so mind-blowingly effective that nobody would ever think Clark Kent and Superman are the same person" school of disguise. More bad wigs, bad facial hair, and cringe- worthy accents follow. Unfortunately for Val and even more unfortunately for us, he isn't believable in any of those disguises. In fact, Dana Carvey was more believable in the movie titled "Master of Disguise" - and he wore a giant turtle shell while actually saying "Turtle, Turtle"!The Cold Fusion plot line is as laughable as other reviews have indicated.Elisabeth Shue is cute (as usual), Rade Serbedzija has nice hair (as always), and the Moscow locations are recognizable from any of a dozen other movies you've seen. Which sums up this movie - it feels cobbled together from parts of a dozen other movies, without a cohesive narrative of its own.
kellyu
This is one of my favourite movies, yet, it's not very good. Val Kilmer's various accents grate and some of his character's personas you just want to punch, but Elizabeth Shue is fun and Alun Armstrong and Henry Goodman are great. The shooting locations are beautiful and nowadays seeing the top-of-the-line technology is a moment of great nostalgia (oh I always wanted that Nokia Communicator 9000). The cars are a highlight; well funded dodgy Russians are always going to have good quality cars, and of course Phillip Noyce blows a few up. You will learn something; yes, that's a legitimate treatment for hypothermia. Hospitalisation would be a better bet, however.It's harmless entertainment and you'll enjoy yourself if you can suspend belief for a while. Particularly over the speed of some of Simon Templar's costume changes.
Veronika Vykoukalova
I think that if there was a hitparade of clichés this movie would hit most of them.Story of tragic children love, which leads to the main character being a human chameleon, who picks his names after Catholic saints until he's tasked with stealing formulas from lonely romantic scientists, only to fall in love with her and risking everything just to save her from the terrible villains (who, according to number of other clichés, are Russian). Of course, she searches for him, and once again, the star-crossed lovers are running for their lives. Of course the whole movie ends well - the thief escapes the clutches of Justice, and poof, happy ending.Giving the rating I did mostly because I like clichés and because I liked how villainy the villains were. Oh, and for Frankie. I really liked her character.
moleculargal
This movie was horrendous. The plot was pathetic and non-original and the acting was painful to watch. As a matter of fact, I did not realize this was even Val Kilmer, that is how horrible it was.After we finished watching this atrocity, I looked it up on IMDb because I wanted to know who the actress was; she was just so unbearable and unable to perform her lines in a believable manner, I was convinced she was some 'unknown' that they got for cheap to go along with this low budget, below B movie. I was shocked to find out it was Elizabeth Shue...who, in my opinion, still cannot act her way out of a cracker jack box This movie was horrible. Painfully, banefully horrible! It should be burned from all archives and never spoken of again.I'd have given it a -10 (negative) if it would have been allowable...wouldn't even let me rate it a 0. It doesn't even deserve a 1. It was just that pathetic. If you value your eyes, ears and stomach...don't watch this thing
AD
